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Day! Faster and more fast. O'er night's brim, day boils at last.

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Robert Browning
Age: 77 †
Born: 1812
Born: May 7
Died: 1889
Died: December 12
Dramaturgy
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Robert Barrett Browning
Browning
Faster
Fast
Lasts
Last
Night
Brim
Boils

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